Be the Boss of Your Yarn with Diana Twiss
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CA$110.00
CA$110.00
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Sunday from 9:30-4:30pm
Are you tired of making the same yarn – that no matter what you do, you are always spinning the same stuff? Do you want to be able to make yarn for a variety of purposes – so you direct the project instead of the yarn telling you what it will be? Well, you are not alone. This full-day workshop is all about busting through “default-yarn” – that yarn you make over and over again despite attempts to do it differently.
In this workshop you will learn techniques that will expand your yarn repertoire. You will experiment with and learn about the effect of twist on your singles and your plied yarns. You will also learn about yarn structure by making samples of soft singles, 2-ply, chained (Navajo ply), and cabled yarns. You will learn strategies for making the yarn you want. At the end of the day, YOU will be the boss of your yarn.
$110, including class materials
Supplies and equipment that spinners need to bring to class
Spinning wheel in excellent operating order, 6 empty toilet paper rolls for making centre pull balls), lazy kate, extra bobbins, hand carders, tapestry needle, small scissors.
For the Navajo (chain) plying exercise, please bring a bobbin with approximately 10g of finely spun wool singles – created at least a week in advance of the workshop.
Are you tired of making the same yarn – that no matter what you do, you are always spinning the same stuff? Do you want to be able to make yarn for a variety of purposes – so you direct the project instead of the yarn telling you what it will be? Well, you are not alone. This full-day workshop is all about busting through “default-yarn” – that yarn you make over and over again despite attempts to do it differently.
In this workshop you will learn techniques that will expand your yarn repertoire. You will experiment with and learn about the effect of twist on your singles and your plied yarns. You will also learn about yarn structure by making samples of soft singles, 2-ply, chained (Navajo ply), and cabled yarns. You will learn strategies for making the yarn you want. At the end of the day, YOU will be the boss of your yarn.
$110, including class materials
Supplies and equipment that spinners need to bring to class
Spinning wheel in excellent operating order, 6 empty toilet paper rolls for making centre pull balls), lazy kate, extra bobbins, hand carders, tapestry needle, small scissors.
For the Navajo (chain) plying exercise, please bring a bobbin with approximately 10g of finely spun wool singles – created at least a week in advance of the workshop.
